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Top Ten Government Disasters Of 2001-2009

January 1, 2010

Happy new year, everyone ! As we move forward into a new decade, it is helpful to look back at the governmental disasters of the last decade in order to correct mistakes going forward. The Libertarian Party has released a list of the top ten government disasters of both 2009 and the previous decade. I [...]

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The System Worked ?

December 27, 2009

When a 23 year old Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, smuggled more than 80 grams of PETN (a nitroglycerin-related liquid explosive used by the military) onto Northwest flight 253 in an attempt to blow up the plane, the only reason his Christmas day suicide bombing attempt failed was because of a faulty detonator. Mutallab [...]

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Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans Are Unamerican

November 18, 2009

Democratic Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) says those opposing terror trials in New York City for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other 9/11 plotters are unamerican: "[Republicans] see this as an opportunity to demagogue," he said. "They will seize on any opportunity to do that, and that means they'll even take a stand that's un-American." "It's un-American [...]

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Fighting Ourselves On National Security

May 23, 2009

President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney both gave speeches about national security on thursday. Obama was critical of the Bush administration's policies, and Cheney was critical of Obama's policies while defending the Bush era actions. There's nothing wrong with that. People can differ over important issues, and national security is about as important [...]

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Pelosi-bot Blows A Chip

May 16, 2009

The biggest reason Nancy Pelosi's lies matter is – she's third in line to be the President of the United States. If President Obama were to become unable to serve, Vice President and Gaffemaster General Joe Biden would succeed him. After Biden, the job falls to the Speaker of the House, and that's Pelosi. After [...]

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Where Is The Real Barack Obama ?

May 15, 2009

An Obama clone or impersonator held a townhall meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico a couple days ago and pretended to be the actual President Of The United States. The man was clearly an impostor, because listen to what he said. From Bloomberg News: President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest [...]

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If You Can't Dazzle 'Em With Brilliance…

May 9, 2009

Baffle 'em with you-know-what. If Washington D.C. has a credo, that must surely be it. The media isn't far behind. But before I get into that, I'd like to take a moment to thank President Obama for saving us all from last week's swine flu pandemic (worldwide epidemic). Just think, if Bush was still the [...]

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Politics First, National Security Second

April 27, 2009

In it's first 100 days, the Obama administration has shifted gears on national security issues. Does political ideology now trump national security ? Here are a few things to think about. – The release of the Bush OLC "torture" memos. There was NO reason to release those memos, other than political ones. Obama cited a [...]

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Pelosi Lies About Waterboarding Knowledge

April 24, 2009

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the ranking House Democrat on the Intelligence Committee in 2002-2003, when the enhanced interrogation techniques were used on high-level Al Qaeda detainees, says……she didn't know nuthin' 'bout no waterboardin'. Bull. Crap. From the New York Times: As was common with the most secret programs, the C.I.A. chose [...]

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Enemy Combatants Still Have No Rights

February 22, 2009

After being in office for only a couple days, President Obama issued an executive order that would close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year. At the same time, he issued an executive order setting up a task force to review detainee policy, which would consider the options for apprehension, detention, trial, transfer, or release [...]

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Oh, Those Wacky Democrats

February 16, 2009

Campaign promise: "sunlight is the best disinfectant…and when there's a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you, the public, will have five days to look online and find out what's in it, before I sign it." – Barack Obama Reality: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – wasn't put online.The SCHIP expansion [...]

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Leahy's Truth Squad

February 11, 2009

Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) wants to launch an investigation into all the Bush administration's unseemly activities, such as – firing 8 U.S. attorneys, wiretapping without warrants, and misleading the public about those weapons of mass destruction. Leahy would call his investigation a "Truth Commission." Leahy said "a person or group" of "fair-minded" individuals could be [...]

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